When Dexter Morgan and Captain Barbell Met...

Dear journal,


I want to go to Miami and meet Dexter Morgan, the famous blood splatter guy who moonlights as a serial killer. I want to hang out with him and ask him many questions about the kind of life he lives, about the people he kills, and about his favorite donut. I want to see him at work (doing the blood splatter thing, not the killing) and pick his brain about the killer code that he has. If only he's a real guy and not a character in a TV series I watch entitled Dexter...                    

I'm a big fan of TV series. I am currently hooked on Chuck, Grey's Anatomy, Brothers and Sisters, Glee, and Dexter. I even frequently check the episode guide for each of them so that I won't miss any episode. I just anticipate every episode, and feel excited every time another one is coming out. I can watch them all day without getting bored. I am such an addict; my flatmates can attest to that.

If you're a fanatic like me, you won't help but compare our local tv series to that of other countries. I compare them all the time. Clark Kent in Smallville flies like he's really flying, but Captain Barbell, on the other hand, looks like he's hanging from somewhere with his harness on. The effects on Imortal seem so basic if you compare them to that of Vampire Diaries; vampires look really pale white in the latter, and do not look like they've been rolled on flour. I could elaborate on the comparisons, but it would take me all day.

Actually, the physical and effect aspects of the local series may be forgiveable, for we are really behind in terms of film technology. But the sad part is, they do not just lack in manner, but they are poor in matter, too. Substance, I believe, is very important in films. Plots are almost the same all the time, which start off with usual story lines, and have very predictable endings. It seems that they just rehash old programs, put in a new name, and a new TV series is born.

I am a patriotic person. I am not, in any way, putting down our fellowmen just because I find some of our TV programs to be lame and prosaic. I just think we can do more than that. We are Filipinos, and we can create better characters than Nita-Negrita or different story line than Cinderella. We have great actors and actresses who just need good materials to act on. Our minds could send rockets if we work for it more. We are, after all, one of the most ingenious people around.

Yes, I want to meet Dexter Morgan. And Mara and Clara, too.


Remember, lightning could strike anytime...